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Carbon-Dioxide-Inhaling Facade
- Paper by Prof. Dr. Timo Schmidt, Professor for facade technology and design Carmen Herrmann, Student Dr. Michael Lakatos, Professor Daniel Zabicki, Scientific Employee Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Wahl, Professor Kai Scherer, PhD Student
3.5 billion years ago, cyanobacteria created the foundation for life on Earth by producing the oxygen basis for our atmosphere. Should we once again …

March 15, 2020
Separating Direct From Diffuse
- Paper by Nick Novelli, PhD, Robert Gordon, Igor Varfolomeev,
An Enclosure-Integrated, Daylighting, Tracking Solar Collector (EIDTSC) has been developed for market which integrates into a building’s fenestration…

March 14, 2018
Shaping Skin
- Paper by John Neary AIA LEED AP NCARB
The conventional modern facade is essentially flat, which creates the tendency toward visual monotony and problems for modulating daylight—both on th…

March 21, 2020
Performance Based Generative Facade Workflow for Large Scale Projects
- Paper by Paul Ferrer, Mili Kyropoulou, Tim Logan, Heath May, James Warton,
Over the last two decades, in what has been coined “The Digital Turn”, the introduction of parametric design software has afforded increased accessib…

March 14, 2018